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Red Raider Steven Resby is a region champion. The Madison County senior wrestler captured the Region 8-AAAA title at 182 lbs. at Habersham Central this past weekend. Resby was reluctant to say much about the title at practice Feb. 6, allowing that it feels pretty great to take that title back home. But his coach, Ritchie Houston, said the ...
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Name: Steve Sanders Class of: 1999 Sports Played At MCHS: Varsity football QB, DB, PR, KR. Played under Dale Smallen in 1997. Won the Most Valuable Player in 1998 under Tom Hybl. Played Junior Varsity in 1995. Sanders was a point guard on the Raider basketball team under Charles Wilkes in 1997-98. Played under Kenny Walker (1998-99), and ...
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By Dallas Bordon There are two things seventh grade Mustang Keith Gantt might remember for a long time — one good and one bad. With 19.1 seconds left to play in the middle school region title game, Gantt’s inbound pass was picked off by a Hart County player who drove down for the layup to give Hart what seemed to be the win. But hold on, ...
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Apalachee High School senior Austin Goley (seated, center) will continue his academic and athletic careers at Kentucky Christian University. He signed his official letter of intent last Wednesday. Goley, who recorded 88 total tackles during the 2011 season, is shown with Wildcat football coaches Shane Davis, Matt Sorrells, Conor Foster, Thomas ...
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Jefferson dropped off East Jackson’s 2012 football schedule, but the Eagles were able to add their closest geographic foe — Commerce. East Jackson and Commerce (which plays in Region 8-A) will clash Sept. 7 in the Eagles’ home opener in the first match-up ever of these schools separated by 4.4 miles. “I think it’s a great thing for ...
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All 11 Commerce wrestlers who competed at the area finals last weekend advanced to the sectional tournament at Telfair County this weekend. The Tigers scored the highest team total, defying the odds with their win over Social Circle. Commerce was forced to forfeit several weight classes because of injuries. The team still won by 10 points, said ...
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